AlunaGeorge's Aluna Francis: The Billboard Shoot

Crossover Success

“It feels like Moses has parted a river and I’m standing on one side of it, like, ‘No way!’” says AlunaGeorge singer Aluna Francis of their crossover success with “You Know You Like It.”

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Aiming Big

"I don’t think we’ve crossed over -- we have to bring a lot more music,” says Francis. “We’re not trying to be a one-hit wonder. We’re not here to disappear.”

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Not 'Weird'

“I never understood why I felt so... weird," says Francis, grew up in rural Hertfordshire, England, as the daughter of an Indian yoga teacher and a Jamaican photographer. "When I moved to London I realized, ‘Oh, I’m not weird -- I’m just black and an artist!’ ”

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Genre-Blending Music

“When we first came out, we didn’t fit into a genre,” she says. “But I guess we do now. I turned to George recently, like, ‘Dude, we can still do what we want to do, because other people like it now!’ ”